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In-reply-to: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980812142256.2356A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com> (message from Bill Fumerola on Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:25:53 -0400 (EDT))
Subject: Re: symbolic links in pkg/PLIST
From: asami@FreeBSD.ORG (Satoshi Asami)
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 * a port I'm doing installs library files and then I am doing a ${LN} -s to

Please use "${LN} -sf", so it can be installed twice (or more).

 * link them to an alias. Do I need to list the symbolic links in the PLIST.

Just list them like other files.  tar can handle them.

Satoshi

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